Edna May Thompson was born on March 9, 1890 to Thomas and Rose (Rasmusen) Thompson in San Francisco, California. Edna married John Lawler Whitmore (1879-1933), son of William Holden and Lucy Ella (Lawler) Whitmore, on June 15, 1910. Edna May (Thompson) Whitmore died on February 10, 1978 in Portland, Oregon.